Any filers from Georgia? Share your experience!

[Mascarade]

Mascarade- looking at your timeline even an escalation to a Senator didn’t help your case? This whole process is so challenging.. but what can be done ? Just have to wait n wait

Senator David Perdue has been assisting since November last year and so far no joy on anything moving forward. The Ombudsman office has been involved now aswell since January. They responded saying they are backed up with request for help at this time and might take 60-120 before they can get to ask about my case then USCIS has 15 days to respond before I can get an answer(keep in mind it's already been 90 days and now they respond I must wait 60-120 days before they can look into it). I might have to file a mandamus action eventually but who I'd to say the federal courts aren't backed up too. If that new immigration plan passes the wait for anyone that's been waiting wouldve been in vain cause we would all be screwed. Under the points system your English and education would count more. Silicone Valley would be the only beneficiary from that system(read between the lines who the biggest immigrants will be). Btw election 2020 is coming up too. Maybe it's all a tactic like the wall but if it passes we are screwed. PM sent

[Rohini1974]

Mascarade- Thankyou for the link . This whole experience is so discouraging... We are following the laws and doing the right thing but seems the goal post keeps moving. People's lives are spent living in uncertainty. Good luck to us all ... just be patient

[Nancydu]

I had my interview at the Atlanta field office April 11th 2019 and the interview was a smooth one, the officer gave a paper stating “your application has been recommended for approval. A final decision will be mailed once your case is complete”... April 18th went to my mailbox and I saw my I-130 approval notice... it’s been over a month now and no response and my status on the USCIS page still says “case is ready to be scheduled for an interview”... I called the call center on the 11th of May 2019 and the lady said I have to wait for 60 days to get anything if I was approved... I don’t know if I should be worried or just wait... please who had same situation thank you

[AngelaPhelan]

I had my interview at the Atlanta field office April 11th 2019 and the interview was a smooth one, the officer gave a paper stating “your application has been recommended for approval. A final decision will be mailed once your case is complete”... April 18th went to my mailbox and I saw my I-130 approval notice... it’s been over a month now and no response and my status on the USCIS page still says “case is ready to be scheduled for an interview”... I called the call center on the 11th of May 2019 and the lady said I have to wait for 60 days to get anything if I was approved... I don’t know if I should be worried or just wait... please who had same situation thank you

I had my interview on 2/26, i-130 approved the next day. But officer gave me a RFE for my birth certificate, I sent it in March. Been waiting for over 2 months now, still haven't got the approval....

[LoveDreams]

Green Card Received! Timeline is in my signature. Interview lasted 20-30 minutes. Officer asked if there was any other evidence we wanted to submit. I gave her additional joint bank statements since we filed, contracts and payments to vendors for our formal wedding later this year, copies of greeting cards between the 2 of us, mail sent to our home to show we have the same address, flight boarding passes and hotel confirmations from trips we took together, and probably about 20-30 pictures (all family photos, some with his family, some with my family, some with both of our families together, family trips etc.)

Officer asked yes and no questions, how did we meet, have we met each others families, how was it meeting each others families, what are things we like to do together etc. Our officer was down to earth so it was easy to talk to her. Our lawyer did attend the interview with us.

Officer said she would recommend us for approval but that she couldn't approve the I-485 on the spot (apparently there was a new protocol as of that day where an additional background check needed to be ran but she needed her supervisor to let her into that system. We were her first interview of the day. Our lawyer also let us know something seems to be changing everyday with the interviews) This had me a little worried as the sheet she gave us said that our case would be under review. I was worried that our case would get stuck in limbo, but it did not turn out that way!

Good luck to everyone in their journey

[AngelaPhelan]

Green Card Received! Timeline is in my signature. Interview lasted 20-30 minutes. Officer asked if there was any other evidence we wanted to submit. I gave her additional joint bank statements since we filed, contracts and payments to vendors for our formal wedding later this year, copies of greeting cards between the 2 of us, mail sent to our home to show we have the same address, flight boarding passes and hotel confirmations from trips we took together, and probably about 20-30 pictures (all family photos, some with his family, some with my family, some with both of our families together, family trips etc.)

Officer asked yes and no questions, how did we meet, have we met each others families, how was it meeting each others families, what are things we like to do together etc. Our officer was down to earth so it was easy to talk to her. Our lawyer did attend the interview with us.

Officer said she would recommend us for approval but that she couldn't approve the I-485 on the spot (apparently there was a new protocol as of that day where an additional background check needed to be ran but she needed her supervisor to let her into that system. We were her first interview of the day. Our lawyer also let us know something seems to be changing everyday with the interviews) This had me a little worried as the sheet she gave us said that our case would be under review. I was worried that our case would get stuck in limbo, but it did not turn out that way!

Good luck to everyone in their journey

Congrats! It's good to hear some good news these days. I wonder when they'll get to my RFE response .........

[Mascarade]

Green Card Received! Timeline is in my signature. Interview lasted 20-30 minutes. Officer asked if there was any other evidence we wanted to submit. I gave her additional joint bank statements since we filed, contracts and payments to vendors for our formal wedding later this year, copies of greeting cards between the 2 of us, mail sent to our home to show we have the same address, flight boarding passes and hotel confirmations from trips we took together, and probably about 20-30 pictures (all family photos, some with his family, some with my family, some with both of our families together, family trips etc.)

Officer asked yes and no questions, how did we meet, have we met each others families, how was it meeting each others families, what are things we like to do together etc. Our officer was down to earth so it was easy to talk to her. Our lawyer did attend the interview with us.

Officer said she would recommend us for approval but that she couldn't approve the I-485 on the spot (apparently there was a new protocol as of that day where an additional background check needed to be ran but she needed her supervisor to let her into that system. We were her first interview of the day. Our lawyer also let us know something seems to be changing everyday with the interviews) This had me a little worried as the sheet she gave us said that our case would be under review. I was worried that our case would get stuck in limbo, but it did not turn out that way!

Good luck to everyone in their journey

Glad to hear some good news. Limbo is not a fun place to be going on 3 years in limbo for me and I haven't even interviewed yet

[LoveDreams]

Congrats! It's good to hear some good news these days. I wonder when they'll get to my RFE response .........

Thank you!! I hope that they get to your RFE soon

[AngelaPhelan]

Glad to hear some good news. Limbo is not a fun place to be going on 3 years in limbo for me and I haven't even interviewed yet

Dude I think they seriously lost your application or something... maybe it was lost on the way to the field office, anyways that's god awful.. Well I called a week ago and put in a service request, all I wanted was for them to give me confirmation that they received my birth certificate notarial, but I got a standard message today saying my case is still pending and that i should received a decision in 120 days. Standard lying response from USCIS. Maybe they'll tell me eventually that they never received my RFE response and deny me, it is indeed possible. It sucks for us truly. [HUG]

[AngelaPhelan]

Glad to hear some good news. Limbo is not a fun place to be going on 3 years in limbo for me and I haven't even interviewed yet

Also, you can sue USCIS under Mandamus Act for delaying your case, you have been waiting for 3 years so you totally have a reason to sue them

[LoveDreams]

Glad to hear some good news. Limbo is not a fun place to be going on 3 years in limbo for me and I haven't even interviewed yet

I'm sorry to hear that you've been experiencing such a hard time smh
Have you considered consulting with a new lawyer? Or maybe reapplying all together?

[Mascarade]

I'm sorry to hear that you've been experiencing such a hard time smh
Have you considered consulting with a new lawyer? Or maybe reapplying all together?

Unable to reapply. K1 Visa has expired since February 5th 2017. All the lawyers have nothing good to say about the Atlanta Field Office none seem to have a solution. Even if I file a mandamus action no idea how backed up court is before they get to my case

[Enub4]

Unable to reapply. K1 Visa has expired since February 5th 2017. All the lawyers have nothing good to say about the Atlanta Field Office none seem to have a solution. Even if I file a mandamus action no idea how backed up court is before they get to my case

The last thing in your signature is dated 12-29-2018, were you able to renew your EAD?
I hope you get your GC soon.

[Mascarade]

Dude I think they seriously lost your application or something... maybe it was lost on the way to the field office, anyways that's god awful.. Well I called a week ago and put in a service request, all I wanted was for them to give me confirmation that they received my birth certificate notarial, but I got a standard message today saying my case is still pending and that i should received a decision in 120 days. Standard lying response from USCIS. Maybe they'll tell me eventually that they never received my RFE response and deny me, it is indeed possible. It sucks for us truly. [HUG]

Let me give you the full rundown on this case. So I filed January 23rd 2017 for my EAD and my I-485. Got the EAD after 4 months started working didnt hear a word about my I-485 by January 23rd 2018. Filed renewal for my EAD and by April 2018 started going to the Ombudsman who shrugged it off because Atlanta pushed back the dates online by 2 years. Congressman David Scott responded to my request and he stated that my case was in Charleston South Carolina(You heard that correctly). 2nd EAD got approved in July 2018. The Atlanta office deals with Alabama aswell and I'm sure many of you know how hard infopasses were to come by in ATL. My lawyer got an Infopass in Montgomery. All field offices can contact the other to get information for you. I drove 2.5 hours to Montgomery to be told that they cant answer my questions. Says my case was stuck in background check. October 2018 seeing that my case was in South Carolina(for the record never lived there) my lawyer got me an info pass in Charleston. Drove 5 hours to Charleston to be told absolutely nothing(those drive times are one way btw). My lawyer went to an infopass on my behalf in November and they told her that they cant give her information because she needs a new G-28(the form showing that they are your representative). Funny thing is my representative never changed since original filing. Got my own infopass in November 2018 at ATL and it got canceled due to Bush's death. Some how I managed to one for the day after and the guy at the office in ATL just looks at me and says he cannot give me information about my own case. By this time the times in Atlanta caught up to my case and I've been raising SRs that have gone unanswered and the dates online kept moving. I contacted Senator David Perdue about it immediately following my ordeal at the Atlanta Field Office. His office has been dealing with it since November 2018. They notified me as of February that my case is now in fact in Atlanta. Since then it has not moved again. Atlanta finally decided to respond in March to 1 of my SRs filed December saying "Its in the pre-processing phase". I never received an RFE or RFIE. As of May 8th they responded to David Perdues office saying "USCIS records confirm that your constituent’s case is still pending at this time. We are unable to determine when the review process will be completed. Please follow up in approximately 15 to 20 days for an update." Got the Ombudman involved after that again. They responded saying that they are backed up with issues so it might take the Ombudsman 60 days to get to requesting information about my case.

Haven't bothered pestering the senators office again but my lawyer is not too happy about this entire ordeal. I think by July I will pester the senators office again. Seems they are very tight lipped on my case for some odd reason.

Story of my life people. Cant make this stuff up.

[Mascarade]

The last thing in your signature is dated 12-29-2018, were you able to renew your EAD?
I hope you get your GC soon.

Yes filed my third renewal on March 25th. If I have to keep updating that timeline it would become endless.